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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Preeces

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Preece at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Preeces lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2089 East 23rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Frank Preece, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L A Horne at 2083 and R C Rice at 2095. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8101 Heather Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Florence E Preece, widow of T W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A M Buck at 8149. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    763 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles Preece, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Evans at 733 and D Oliver at 775. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5187 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Preece, a contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Morrison at 5115. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1135 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T S Preece, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Johnston at 1125. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    982 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Maurice S Preece, a log scaler 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Izen at 976 and J M MacDonald at 988. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a carpenter (2), a contractor, a log scaler and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Fairview, Marpole, South Cambie and West End. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Preece at 2089 East 23rd Avenue, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Florence E Preece at 8101 Heather Street, widow of T W. The 1940 name section lists Charles Preece at 763 Nicola Street, a carpenter.

F Preece is listed at 5187 Prince Albert Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank Preece there as the householder, a contractor. T S Preece is listed at 1135 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas S Preece there as the householder, a salesman.

The 1940 name section lists Maurice S Preece at 982 West 19th Avenue, a log scaler.

Today

982 West 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2089 East 23rd (1964), 8101 Heather (2011), 5187 Prince Albert (2016) and 1135 West 13th (1959) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 763 Nicola, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Preeces

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under P. Want a name removed? Tell us.